Chapter 1355

They were silent for a while. At last, chisgakov asked: "Comrade commander, I think the battle in Zhitomir may be the last battle of our group army in the formation of the first front army of Ukraine. What do you think?"

"It's impossible." Before I could express my opinion on this speculation, bzikov retorted: "we have to know that our troops are distributed in three regions and there are still many wars to fight. Even if we have to withdraw, it is not so easy."

"Chief of staff, you think too simply." With a sneer, chisgakov said to bezikov, "at present, apart from Zhitomir, we only have two infantry divisions, one mechanized brigade and three tank brigades of fastif. As soon as the battle in fativ is over, these troops will be transferred to Kiev. And the troops of Zhitomir will move to Kiev in the shortest time after the friendly forces take over. "

"Isn't there a tank brigade, a cavalry division and a Czech brigade to the southwest of fastif?" "Even if the main force of the front army clears out the enemy in the city of fastif, the southwest blocking battle will last for quite a long time," bezikov said unconvinced

When I heard this, I couldn't help laughing: "chief of staff, do you forget that the troops that are preventing the German army from escaping in the southwest direction of fativ at this moment do not belong to our group army. They are all temporarily transferred by the higher authorities to cooperate with us. As long as they reach the target of the campaign, they may be transferred back at any time. "

What I said cooled the hearts of the two people. Chisjakov said anxiously: "Comrade commander, maybe what you said is correct. As long as we eliminate the enemy in the city of Zhitomir, the front army will send troops to replace our defense, and then transfer us to the rear to rest. By the way, can general tavartkilaze's troops clear all the enemies in the city of Zhitomir before three o'clock in the morning? "

"I think it's a bit overwhelming." Seeing their puzzled faces, I quickly added: "general tavartkiraze reported to me that the only tanks in the city had been lost in the attack on the normal college. The troops attacking the agricultural college can only attack the enemy hidden in solid buildings without artillery cover. I think the casualties of our army will not be small after this battle. "

"What, all the tanks in the city have been lost?" Hearing this unexpected news, chisgakov's brow was more and more wrinkled: "without the support of tanks, our troops would have to pay a huge sacrifice just to rush through the open space in front of the teaching building and student dormitory. It seems that it is very difficult to finish the task within the prescribed time. "

Just when the three of us were worried that it would be very difficult for our troops to complete the task assigned by vatukin within the prescribed time, the fighting in the city of Zhitomir became white hot. Except for the 309 regiment of the 51st division, which besieged the agricultural college, the rest of the troops who had contact with the German army were in full swing.

Seeing that the troops besieging the agricultural college did not attack for a long time, tavartkiraze was a little worried. He called chejerikov: "Comrade Colonel, what's the matter with you? Why hasn't it launched an attack on the agricultural college so far? If you can't finish the task within the prescribed time, you will be sent to the military court. "

"Comrade commander." Hearing the rebuke from tavartkilaze, shejerikov quickly explained: "the 309th regiment has just entered the position, and may still be adjusting its forces, so it has not launched an attack. Please wait patiently for a while. Maybe the attack will start soon

"I'll give you half an hour to prepare," tavartkilaze said, looking up at the watch on his wrist. "When the time comes, you must attack the enemy."

"At present, the division headquarters can't get in touch with the 309th regiment, and the order of attack can't be conveyed." When shejerikov saw that tavartkilaze had given him an ultimatum, he quickly declared his position and said, "I will go to the front in person and order the troops to attack the enemy immediately."

After shejerikov put down the phone, he ran out of his division headquarters and walked quickly down the street towards the position of the 309th regiment. When he just jumped into the traffic ditch, he was immediately stopped by two soldiers, and one of them whispered to him: "stop, command!"

"Password?" When he heard the soldiers' shouts, he couldn't help but think that he didn't set any password tonight, which should have been just set by major shumarkov.

"Are you blind?" Just as shejerikov was thinking about how to answer each other, a staff officer behind him stepped forward and said in a loud voice to the two soldiers, "don't you see this is the division commander?"

Hearing the staff officer's roar, the talking soldier stared at Xie jerikov for a moment, then put down his gun and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, sir, I didn't see it was you..."

"Comrade soldier." Without waiting for the other party to finish, he interrupted and asked, "where is your chief?"

The soldier quickly said: "Comrade division commander, you go along the traffic ditch, turn right after you come to the end, you can see an observation post, and the commander is there."

Shejerikov, with a few staff officers, walked along the traffic ditch at a brisk pace. Along the way, many officers and men saw him, and they all stood up and raised their hands to salute him. However, in a hurry, the worried Xie jerikov turned a blind eye to them.

As soon as shejerikov entered the observation post, he saw shumarkov with his back to himself, looking out with a telescope. Seeing that the division chief entered the observation post, the chief of staff of the regiment quickly reminded him in a low voice: "Comrade commander, the division chief is here!"

Shumakov turned and faced shejerikov, and reported, "Comrade division commander, major shumakov, head of the 309th regiment of the guards is..."

He did not even care to greet him, so he immediately asked, "major, I ask you, when can you launch an attack?"

After listening to what shejerikov said, shumakov was silent for a while, and then cautiously replied, "Comrade division, I don't think it's time to launch an attack."

"If you don't attack now, when are you going to attack?" he asked angrily

Although he saw that shijerikov was angry, shumarkov still replied with a flat expression: "I think at least the enemy should relax his vigilance."

"When will the enemy relax his guard?" "Don't you attack at daybreak if the enemy doesn't let down his guard before daybreak?" he asked

"It won't take that long." Shumakov said to me with a smile, "Comrade commander, you can see for yourself that the enemy has begun to relax its vigilance."

Shejerikov went to the observation port, raised his telescope and looked at the dark building hundreds of meters away. As there was no light in the building, there was no movement at all. He put down his telescope, turned to shumakov and said, "major, I don't see anything."

"Don't worry, sir." Shumakov went to shejerikov's body, pointed to the dark building in the distance and said, "look carefully at the windowless windows on each floor."

After being prompted by shumakov, shijerikov began to observe the windows of the teaching building carefully. At this point, we can see the problem. The German army may be for the need of heating. There are people smoking on almost every floor. In the dark, the burning cigarette end jumps up and down like a ghost fire. For shejerikov, the little red dot not only has no warm feeling, but also has a strange atmosphere in the night sky.

When shejerikov saw this, he turned to shumakov and asked, "major, what do you want me to see? I've been watching for a long time, but I don't seem to see any sign of the enemy relaxing their vigilance? "

"Comrade division commander," shumarkov began to explain to shijerikov the reason why the troops did not attack for a long time: "not long ago, the Germans beat back the attack of the 90th division of the guards, and the degree of vigilance must be at the highest level. If we attack the enemy as soon as we get here, we will be tenaciously blocked by the German army waiting for work. In that case, the casualties of our division will be very serious. "

"Is the situation in the building clear?" Asked chejerikov.

"The German army has at least two companies in the teaching building; On the other side of the dormitory, there are a few troops, but there is also a company. " Shumakov was not slow to introduce the difficulties he was facing to shijerikov“ The two construction departments occupied by the enemy at the same time can echo each other because they are only 200 meters apart. If we launch an attack, the cross fire formed by the bullets from the two buildings can block the way for the commanders and fighters to charge, causing us huge casualties. "

"But just now I heard you say that the enemy has begun to relax their guard." With curiosity, shejerikov asked shumakov, "how do you judge?"

"Sir, look at the windows on all floors. You can see the red dot beating. It's the enemy smoking." Shumakov continued to analyze the current situation to shejerikov, "the Germans have dealt with us for several years, and they know a lot about our army's combat styles. For example, they are very clear that we will not attack in the same area for several hours after we are frustrated in an attack in a certain direction. I have not let the troops attack for a long time. I just want them to have the illusion that we will not attack them in a short time, so that they can relax their vigilance. "

At the end of shumakov's explanation, shijerikov nodded and said, "yes, comrade major. Your consideration is correct. After the troops are deployed in place, they will not launch an attack so that the Germans think that we will not attack them for the time being, so as to reduce their vigilance. When the time is ripe, they will be surprised again. "

Seeing that xiejerikov understood his intention, shumakov's face showed a happy smile: "Sir, comrade, we can continue to wait until the enemy completely loses its vigilance, and then we will launch a surprise attack on them."

Shejerikov raised his hand and looked at his watch. Then he said to shumakov solemnly, "Comrade major, although I want to give you more time, I can't. The higher authorities issued a death order that before 3 a.m., they must seize two colleges and clear the enemy in the city of Zhitomir. Now we don't have much time left. "

These words immediately froze shumakov's smile on his face. After a long time, he murmured: "Comrade teacher, why does the superior give such an order?"“ You ask me, who am I going to ask? " "This is an order issued by the commander himself, saying that if the task can not be completed within the specified time, the general will be removed from office and sent to the military court," he said Major shumakov's eyes widened and his face was inconceivable: "no, she would never give such an order from my understanding of Comrade commander. In every battle, she will repeatedly emphasize to commanders at all levels that we must rationally use strategies and tactics in combat, reduce casualties of troops, and achieve the greatest victory at the lowest cost. "“ Major, "said Sergey reekov with a straight face," whether you can take the agricultural college before the time is related to the fate of the whole army. Do you understand? "“ I see, sir. " After a fierce ideological struggle, shumakov clenched his teeth and replied, "our regiment initially launched an attack on the enemy in the Agricultural College at 1 a.m., striving to solve the battle within two hours." After hearing shumakov's statement, shijerikov extended his hand to him and said in a friendly way, "Comrade major, I'm waiting for your good news in the division headquarters. Good luck!" After shaking hands, he turned and walked out of the observation post. At one o'clock in the morning, schumakov ordered the first battalion to quietly approach the teaching building under the cover of the night. At a distance of 50 meters, they suddenly launched a charge and rushed into the teaching building at the fastest speed. However, when the first battalion was just close to 100 meters away, a guard in the teaching building heard the movement outside and fired a flare into the sky. Suddenly, the whole offensive troops were exposed to the enemy's eyes. As a result, the enemy machine guns in the teaching building and dormitory building opened fire on our soldiers in the open field. The dense bullets woven a fire net on the charging Road, and the soldiers who rushed up fell into the net. For a moment, the sound of gunfire, explosion and scream came and went one after another. If the officers and men didn't fall down, the whole fighting scene was extremely tragic. Seeing this situation, shumakov immediately called the chief of staff and told him in a loud voice: "chief of staff, order the light and heavy machine guns of the battalions to fire to suppress the enemy's firepower. At the same time, we should send sniper teams as close as possible to the enemy's positions, kill the enemy's machine guns and reduce our attack pressure. " With a promise, the chief of staff ran to the side to make a phone call and conveyed a series of orders from shumakov. The 309th regiment of Jinwei is a strong fighting force. Although it suffered heavy casualties under the intensive fire of the enemy, none of the commanders and fighters retreated. They searched for shelter one after another and continued to rush towards the teaching building. After a while, the heavy and heavy machine guns on the position opened fire, suppressing the enemy's machine gun fire; Sniper team, also the enemy's plane gunners and officers as the primary target of sniper. Seeing the enemy's firepower weakened, the commanders and fighters, who had been suppressed and could not move forward, jumped out of the hiding place and rushed into the teaching building occupied by the German army with weapons. Seeing the officers and men of the first battalion rush into the teaching building, shumakov felt a lot more relaxed. He once again ordered the chief of staff: "let the second battalion and the third battalion also rush up. The second battalion went to reinforce the first battalion, and the Third Battalion went to seize the dormitory. We should strive to eliminate all the enemies in the Agricultural College in the shortest possible time. " At two o'clock in the morning, I received a call from tawalter killazer. He told me excitedly: "Comrade commander, the normal college and the agricultural college have been recaptured, and all the German troops in the city have been wiped out by us. We have successfully completed the task assigned to us by the upper level before the specified time."